The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-08-20
THE BURNED STEAMER
The Captains Account of the
Horrible Catastrophe.
NO CLUE YET AS TO THEORIGlS
Boat No aud Its Occupants Lest
at ses-othsrs OF the Pas
sensers Saved.
steamer Burned.

QUEENSTOWN, August 10. = Captain
Land, commander af the City Of MoA-
real, makes the following report: On
the 10th inst, the wind was north to
northwest. About 8 o'clock on the
evening of that day. fire was discovered
In the after hatch among the cotton.
The tlre hose we're at once connec ed,
aud streams of water were poured
ruown upon the flames. Aunihiiators and
lire ex,inguishers were freely used. The
ire. however, overcame all efforts to
suppress it, and spread over the upper
and lower decks. The ship was doomed
from the beginning Of tina hrs, and the
boats were actively prepared With pro-
visions. On the morning OF the 1Ith
inst. the flames burst through
she after matches, aid the noats
were lowered. There was a
high sea at the time, and this
caused much difficulty. The women
and children were the hrst put on the
boats, and the male passengers and
crew afterwards. Lack of time ore
vented tina manning of the boats with
| their respective crows, th men being
compelled to con tinue, until the last
moment, the work of keeping the flames
| down. All the boats left the ship safely,
but by an unfortunate oversight,
twenty persons were left aboard the
burning vessel. Boat No. 3 returned
and took off SIX of the
number. Boat No. s., with the
fourth officers, took six NOR.
A barque was then reported approach
ing, and when all the boats had put
their people aboard her they returned
ana took of the remaining on the
burning steamer. It VAS found that
boat No. s was missing. She was seen
to put herself before the wind when she
left the ship, using her oars in support
of the sails. She ran away frOm the
vessel in direct disobsdience to the oap-
| tain's orders. Everybody spent the
baNt Captain Scheel, from Charleston,
July q, for London, aud all were
then transferred to the York C5ty,
Captain Lands says he is sanguine
| that the people in boat No. are saved
as the accident occurred in the track of
steam RS bound east and west. The
passengers heads were cool and oOedi-
ent during the crisis, and the crew were
steady. The passengers and crew lost
everything they had aboard the City of
Montreal, except what they stood in
when they went into the boats. The
origin of the fire, Captain Lands says, is
unknown. He is certain that it broke
out in more than one place in the cut
ton. The ship was in latitude 43 S8
north. Longitude 43 81 west. Follow
ing is the list Of those who were in boat
No. 8.
intermediate passengers - Samuel
Kaufman, George Arnold. Samuel Nc
Kee.
Steerage-Kennard Woolson, Stephen
Upper, Simon Kawilski. d. Vaihamchi.
Crew-Henry Frazer, Charles Reade,
William Fanny, Patrick Hughes, Chas.
Smith, Inspector Thomas Wilberforce
Steward.
The rescued passengers and crew,
when landed at Queenstown by the
York City, were in a pitiable condition.
The Inman Oompany's agents at once
forwarded all the passengers who were
prepared to continue their travels, and
did everything possible for the rest of
the company. The steamship Marathon,
of the Cunard Company's feet, will sail
in place of the City of Montreal on Tues
daY next.